How to Switch from Ozempic (or Wegovy) to Mounjaro | Dr. Dan | Obesity Expert 

Good morning from Australia, thank you for this video. It was very informative. I can give your viewers a firsthand account of switching from Ozempic to Mounjaro. I was on 1.5 mg of Ozempic and after consultations with my GP (when Ozempic ran out of stock in Australia at the same time as Mounjaro was released) we decided to switch to 5 mg of Mounjaro. This was immediately more effective than the 1.5 mg of Ozempic. The side effects were very similar, for me, that includes constipation, a dry mouth, and a little bit of fatigue the day after the shot. After five weeks of 5 mg, I decided to try 7.5 mg. For me, the 7.5 was quite a bit stronger and I found it difficult to eat anything for the first four days after the shot. After two weeks at 7.5 mg, this week I decided to drop back down to 5 mg. I still feel great appetite suppression and no food noise in my head, although I am able to eat a bit more. For example, I take my shot on Fridays and on Saturday didn’t want to eat anything. On Sunday I managed a protein shake and a little bit of ravioli, and on Monday I had a salmon sushi roll and a bit of leftover ravioli. It’s Tuesday morning, and I am drinking a coffee with light white milk, half-and-half milk to water ratio. I will have a few tablespoons of yoghurt with a little bit of rolled oats sprinkled on the top for breakfast and see how I go. I have decided that I am going to stay on the 5 mg for as long as possible for two reasons. One, 5 mg seems to be very effective for me and Two, here in Australia, as you increase your dose of Mounjaro, you pay more money as it is not on our pharmaceutical benefits fund and the drug company can charge what they like. I believe in Canada it will be the same no matter what dose you are on. As Dr Dan has said in the past for those of you in Canada like we in Australia, Mounjaro will come in a single use vial which you can draw up into a very small needle to inject yourself. For those who might be watching in Australia, as there is a price differential, I currently have a prescription for 15 mg, and I am drawing up a third of that to give me my 5 mg, which works out to be less expensive than if I had a prescription for the 5 mg. You have to be confident in drawing up medications to do this as the amount of liquid you draw up and inject becomes very small when taking a third of a dose. Good luck to everyone who transfers over. I am so far extremely happy with my switch as I feel the new medication is more effective with the extra GIP molecule in it, and more importantly, we can actually get Mounjaro in Australia, while Ozempic is still in short supply. I am losing weight about 1.1 kg per week and so far lost 23.5 kg in the last 11 months. Slow and steady wins this race and I am lucky in that my skin has gone back so I do not have excess skin, which I did have when I got a gastric band and lost weight very quickly. A tummy tuck and breast reduction took care of the excess skin at that time, but slowly over 15 years, I gained the weight back (the band eventually failed, and I had a gastric sleeve instead but was never able to repeat the weight loss). I intend to stay on this drug for the rest of my life as for me, Obesity is a chronic lifelong problem. By the way, my goals, keep shifting due to the effectiveness of these drugs. I did want to get down to a healthy BMI (I am now 1.1 kg away from that). I am thinking another 5 to 10 kg is possible, which would set me up for old age very nicely. Also, for those of you not familiar with the metric system 23.5kg is around 52 pounds.

Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video, very informative.

Thank you. Excellent as usual

Finally someone to explain this! I have been wondering. Meet with my doc next week. We will definitely be going over this. I want to go from wegovy 2.4 to zepbound.

very good video! thanks a lot 🙏

thank you for the information !!

I was on 2mg of ozempic for 2 years now I am on 5mg of mounjaro .. better blood sugars.. no weight loss.. moving to 7.5 this week.. hoping for better results with new dosage. Thank you for the great info. I did well on 5mg no adverse reactions besides fatigue. My hunger is back so I know it’s time to up the dose

👏🏽👏🏽. Thanks for this info. I was on .5 Ozempic and my dr put me on .5 MJ. It was too strong. So I have an appointment tomorrow and going to ask for 2.5.

Thanks for the video. I wish my doctor would have seen it before he moved me from 1 mg of Ozempic to 2.5 mg of Mounjaro, instead of 5 mg. I had zero side effects on Ozempic but he still insisted I start at 2.5 mg of Mounjaro.

Nice vid, Dr D. 👍 And the specific advice makes tremendous sense… for instance, the weight-loss results for 5mg Mounjaro/Zepbound are pretty similar to what you get with top-dose (2.0 or 2.4mg) Ozempic/Wegovy. The potency seems to be roughly on par, so kinda makes sense to start there when switching. (Though you could see how someone who’d been on say 2.4mg Wegovy for a long time with minimal side effects, and was very ready to titrate up to a higher Wegovy dose that doesn’t currently exist, might wanna try to start on 7.5mg MJ/Zep. But, caution is very understandable… similar meds are still not the same.) Look forward to the ‘Here’s how you inject yourself from the Mounjaro vials’ vid for all the fortunate Canucks who’ve gotten their vials already (aka ‘Escape from Ozempic’). Though the fraction of same who’ve injected insulin probably know the drill already. 💉👌

Which of the 3 molecules has the least muscle loss and other negative side effects?

I just started today.

Good morning from Texas ..I really love the information you provide and I am happy you noticed that Obesity is a disease. I've been off a Mounarjo for 2 months and have gained 15 pounds. This medication is for life 🙌 saver ..The sad part about the United States is that most insurance companies do not cover weight loss medication and most folks cannot afford to pay a $500-$1100 a month it's just a sad situation 😢

Very helpful information. I've been on Ozempic for 17 weeks with no weight loss. However, it has helped my diabetes. I've been on 0.25 for 4 weeks and 14 weeks of 0.50. This week Wednesday I start 1MG Ozempic and I'm hoping it will reduce food noise and help me lose weight.

Due to shortages I switched from 7.5 Mounjaro to 1 Ozempic. I did find that side effects were a bit rough. I also found that diabetes control was not as good. I added metformin and have stayed on 1 Ozempic. Side effects have subsided. I would rather be on Mounjaro. I’ll go back when shortages end. This is useful. I’ll probably be at the weight I want to be before I get back on Mounjaro.

Hi, any advice about moving from mounjaro to something else.

Great video thanks! I am going from Ozempic 2.4mgs after 13 months and 30lb weight loss, 5 month plateau, to Mounjaro 2.5mgs. My Dr said to supplement with Jardiance as I titrade up every 4 weeks if my blood sugar needs it with the lower dose as I am a Type 2 Diabetic, but to start Mounjaro with no Jardiance and see how it goes. As soon as paperwork application is approved I will switch over. Hopefully availability will be better than Ozempic in Calgary.

Hey Dan, im on wegovy 1.7mg and switching to mounjaro. My doctor recommended me to wait 5 weeks before starting mounjaro?? I did not want to be without the medication for 5 weeks as i wanted to lose more weight before my graduation. I stopped wegovy 2 weeks ago, can i just start mounjaro 2.5mg now? Thankyou

I have been doing Liraglutide one month and Semaglutide the next. Pharmacy is always out of one or the other. I like it because it keeps me rather nauseated

Hi Dan, I was taking saxenda on and off for a year but could never be on it for extended periods of time because of constipation. I honestly believe that I would end up with a bowel obstruction if I took it continuously, it effects me that badly. Am I likely to have the same effect with Mounjaro?

What is your advice of going from Zepbound to Wegovy. I can't afford the Zepbound anymore and my insurance covers Wegovy and I can get it at no cost. I am on 7.5 Zepound. Do you feel it is safe to go to Wegovy 1.0 or 1.7?

Hello Dr. Dan. I just watched the video and wanted to clarify something. I am currently on 5mg of zepbound, but because of shortages I cant get a refill. Ive been on 5 mg for 8 weeks. My pharmacy has 1mg wegovy available. Do you think that would be a safe swap and can i just take the wegovy on the next injection day?

Dr, Dan, I'm on 2.4 wegovy for the last 4 months no side effects really except a bit of bloating... lost 75 pounds in 7 months. Went from 286 to 211. Im supposed to start 7.5mg Mounjaro on Monday. Have you seen anyone go from 2.4 wegovy to 7.5 Mounjaro? If so was it terrible for them? should I ask my doc to start me on 5mg instead?

Excellent explanation On Ozempic.5 went on Mounjaro 2.5 for 2 months then back to Ozempic.5 because of cost. From what I'm understanding you feel Mounjaro is much better than Ozempic from your past videos. Is it worth me spending more $$$'s or is it because Mounjaro is easier to get. I've lost 30# but nothing lately. Maybe go up to 7.5 on Ozempic. Little in put from my Dr. Whatever I want.

Dr. Dan - I was just wondering if there was any study about taking Mounjaro + semeglutide togother? Mounjaro is prescribed and the semeglutide is being administered by a med spa?

Going from 10mg of Mounjaro what dose of wegovy would be best?

What I really would like to know is if there are studies showing whether people who were on wegovy/ozempic and had stopped losing weight, of they benefited from additional without loss when switching to mounjaro...

Can one use mounjaro and eat I want even icecream ?

Can we get Zepbound in Canada yet?

loperamide has the same hormonal impact that mounjaro adds to digestion